IN THE NEWS
ANGRY DAD DEMANDS COMPENSATION AFTER ICE CREAM MELTS WAITING FOR FOLKESTONE TAXI
A Folkestone dad claims he had to chuck out half of his Asda shopping after his taxi’s “one hour” delay caused his food to defrost in sweltering heat. Melvin Lee, 40, says he was waylaid with eight bags of gro- ceries, which in- cluded ice cream and frozen vegeta-
bles, from a shop- ping centre on bank holiday Monday, August 26. He dialled for Folke- stone Taxis to come and get him, his girl- friend Clare Rogers, and eight-month- old baby Edward in a pushchair on a day when temperatures were around 27 degrees.
But Mr Lee said the cab “drove around the car park”, where they were waiting, and “straight past them”. He told KentLive: “One taxi pulled up and took another couple. My baby was stressed while waiting. “I would like some compensation and
CROYDON PH DRIVER USED FAKE BLUE BADGE TO AVOID PAYING TO PARK
A private hire driver who used a fake blue badge to park in Croydon has been fined hundreds of pounds. Josh Elvin used a fake badge to avoid paying to park his Toyota Auris on Derby Road and Leighton Street in January 2019. MyLondon reports that Croydon Coun- cil officers spotted the badge and recognised tell-tale signs that it was counterfeit.
In interview, the taxi driver claimed the badge belonged to a friend but was unable to provide their name. The
29-year-old,
from Croydon, ad- mitted two counts of fraud when he appeared at Cam- berwell Green Magi- strates’ Court last month and was ordered to pay fines totalling £750, costs of £450 and a £35 court surcharge. Cllr Stuart King, cabi- net member
for
Transport and Envi- ronment, said: “Blue badges offer a lifeline to people who would otherwise struggle to access community facilities and this driver was selfishly and
fraudulently
occupying spaces he had no right to. “We are committed to supporting our vulnerable residents, and stopping fraud- sters from taking parking spaces from those genuinely in need is one way to help them.”
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Bank Holiday. He also said com- plaints made to the company are taken very seriously. The
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Melvin Lee says he had to throw out half his shopping
for them to pay for the shopping I have lost. They said 20 minutes, then an hour, they left me outside Asda losing all my ice cream because it melted.” The dad said he
ended up throwing out half of his shop, which in total cost him £45. A spokesman for Folkestone
Taxis
told KentLive that there was a short- age of drivers on the
said: “All our drivers are self-employed, so they can choose their own hours. We can’t dictate what hours they work. “Mr Lee was told the taxi would be a minimum of 20 min- utes – however it was 31 minutes, not an hour. “Send him round with his receipt and I’ll reimburse him myself. I did tell Mr Lee, he shops in Asda, I don’t think they really do any expensive ice cream.”
SCAFFOLDING POLE THROWN FROM ROOFTOP ONTO STROUD TAXI DRIVER
Police have said they are investigat- ing after reports of scaffolding poles being thrown off a rooftop car park in Stroud, which ‘came inches from killing a taxi driver.’ According to Glou- cestershireLive, the incident took place at a shopping centre last month - with criminal damage occurring to two cars parked on the street below. A taxi was reported- ly declared a ‘write- off’ after one of the poles smashed into the front wind- screen, images from the scene reportedly show. A witness said: “The
The damage caused to the taxi wind- screen by the scaffolding pole
taxi driver was very shook up. The driver was inches away from being killed - his car is a write-off. “This was the sec- ond car it happened to on Saturday.” A spokesperson for Gloucestershire police
said: “Police were called to Merrywalks Shopping Centre in Stroud at 12.40am on Sunday Septem- ber 1 following re- ports of criminal damage. “Enquiries are ongo- ing at this time.”
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